"more positive evaluations of their lives compared to divorced individuals who remain single. While divorced couples have a higher risk of developing a wide range of physical and mental health problems, remarrying may attenuate, but not eliminate, some of these health risks. Second Marriages: Triumph of decision over hope? It is often assumed that second marriages are riskier than first marriages - “The triumph of hope over experience” as popularised by Samuel Johnson in 1791. A new analysis of data commissioned from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) challenges this assumption. In fact, second marriages overall do consistently better than"
"most commonly taken from the speech ""Remarks at a Dinner Meeting of the Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc."" on 4 May 1965. On that evening he said, ""So we must be ready to fight in Vietnam, but the ultimate victory will depend upon the hearts and the minds of the people who actually live out there. By helping to bring them hope and electricity you are also striking a very important blow for the cause of freedom throughout the world."" Johnson’s use of the phrase is most likely based on a quote of John Adams, the American Revolutionary War patriot and"
"their sense of perspective, nor are they overwhelmed by confusion and despair... It is this faith, born of racial experience and wisdom, which gives the oppressed the strength to outlive the oppressors and to endure until the day of ultimate triumph when we shall ""be brought forth from bondage unto freedom, from sorrow unto joy, from mourning unto festivity, from darkness unto great light, and from servitude unto redemption. In the same way, he preached a message of hope in 1938 when he said that, ""Undaunted, we confidently expect that some day, somehow, the present low ebb of liberty and"
"forget. Johnson thinks people would benefit more from increased forgetfulness than from increased memory. If we could stop brooding on painful and useless memories, we would be better able to learn things we need to know. People should try to banish troublesome memories by keeping busy with new pursuits. Published: Saturday, 8 September 1759 Johnson says that although wealth is now a universal goal, it cannot buy any more happiness than it did when poverty was thought to be virtuous. He illustrates this point with the story of Tom Tranquil. Tom inherited a huge fortune when he came of age,"
"whole, and, in his ""Preface"" to Shakespeare, Johnson rejects the previous belief of the classical unities and establishes a more natural theory on what makes drama work: drama should be faithful to life. In particular, Johnson claimed that ""Among [Shakespeare's] other excellences it ought to be remarked, because it has hitherto been unnoticed, that his ""heroes are men"", that the love and hatred, the hopes and fears, of his chief personages are such as common to other human beings... Shakespeare's excellence is not the fiction of a tale, but the representation of life: and his reputation is therefore safe, till"
"is living, that there is hope as long as there is life-and consequently there is always hope for the immortal who expect an eternity."" His advice to the person who believes that their past life has destroyed all expectancy is to: “Forget the past once again, quit all this calculating in which you trap yourself, do not stop the prompting of your heart, do not extinguish the spirit in useless quarreling about who waited the longest and suffered the most-once again cast all your sorrow upon the Lord and throw yourself upon his love. Up out of this sea, expectancy"
"reality of the mansions of our Father. This faith does result in a testimony of Jesus Christ and the process of the Atonement. 'Man must hope, or he cannot receive' the blessing of the great plan of happiness, which provides peace and understanding for mortal mankind. It is this 'more excellent hope' that allows us to accept whatever trial or test comes to us. As each of us faces personal tragedy, we can have a much better acceptance of the final results because of the prophet Ether's example."" According to Daniel H. Ludlow, it is not clear, however, whether or"
"to partly capture Johnson's ""bisociative"" ability to bring ""together two different frames of experience"". Tyers, when saying Johnson ""said the most common things in the ""newest"" manner"", describes Johnson's ""unpredictability"" and a ""further process of mind in which the original shuffling of perspectives, already surprising us with elements we had overlooked or forgotten, is joined by considerations drawn from other matrices of experience that can only be described as 'moral,' that is, having to do with the condition of man - with human hopes and fears; with values, purpose or aim; with the shared sense, never forgotten, of the 'doom"
"that freedom in which death is swallowed up in victory. Christ's resurrection vindicates his manner of life and death, seats his victory, and allows others to live freely and humanly in the midst of 'the powers' by their 'being in Christ.' This must be the proclamation and witness of the church of Jesus Christ. The church is a new force in history which is a sign to 'the powers' that their dominion has been broken. The very presence of a body of people who exercise their moral independence is an essential element for Wallis because 'without a visible and concrete"
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He spent two years in Ecuador, where he proselytized and performed service projects in impoverished communities. Johnson says that his time as a missionary was transformative: Rather than helping impoverished individuals find a better life in heaven, he says he decided it would be better to improve their lives now. To do that, he planned to build a company, earn enough money to retire by the time he turned 30, and use his resources to pursue that goal. Johnson graduated with a BA in International Studies from Brigham Young University"
"""from putting knowledge before wisdom, science before art, and cleverness before common sense;"" ""from treating patients as cases;"" ""and from making the cure of the disease more grievous than the endurance of the same,"" ""Good Lord, deliver us."""" </poem> Dr Donald Paterson, a British physician who had helped to found the British Paediatric Association in 1928, and had worked with Dr Hutchison, wrote after his death, ""In Robert Hutchison Scotland presented to England a young man who was destined to become a superb physician, an eminent scholar, a great writer, a most inspiring teacher, a shrewd and gifted clinician, and"
"emphasizes the importance of suffering in the development of man and necessary for maturation. However, Coleridge's ""Dejection: An Ode"" describes the loss of his own poetic ability as he aged and mourned what time took. In Coleridge's theory, his poetic abilities were the basis for happiness and without them there would only be misery. In addition to views on suffering, Shelley relies on Wordsworth's idea of pre-existence in ""The Triumph of Life"", and Keats relies on Wordsworth's interrogative technique in many of his poems, but he discards the egocentric aspects of the questions. The ode praises children for being the"
"the social history of early modern medicine. His essay ""The Triumph of the Doctors"" was awarded the 2004 Alexander Prize by the Royal Historical Society. In this essay he demonstrated that ill and injured people close to death shifted their hopes of physical salvation from an exclusively religious source of healing power (God, or Jesus Christ) to a predominantly human one (physicians and surgeons) over the period 1615–1670, and argued that this shift of outlook was among the most profound changes western society has ever experienced. In 2011, Mortimer entered the genre of historical fiction, publishing the first book from"
"to Heaven to live eternally. One example of this challenge is his Holy Sonnet X, ""Death Be Not Proud"". Even as he lay dying during Lent in 1631, he rose from his sickbed and delivered the Death's Duel sermon, which was later described as his own funeral sermon. Death's Duel portrays life as a steady descent to suffering and death; death becomes merely another process of life, in which the 'winding sheet' of the womb is the same as that of the grave. Hope is seen in salvation and immortality through an embrace of God, Christ and the Resurrection. His"
"outcomes. In short, it is the belief one can influence the future in tangible and meaningful ways. Learned optimism contrasts with learned helplessness, which consists of a belief, or beliefs, one has no control over what occurs, and that something external dictates outcomes, e.g., success. Optimism is learned by consciously challenging negative self talk. This includes self talk on any event viewed as a personal failure that permanently affects all areas of the person's life. Intrapersonal, or internal, dialogues influence one's feelings. In fact, reports of happiness are correlated with the general ability to ""rationalize or explain"" social and economic"
"Hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: ""expect with confidence"" and ""to cherish a desire with anticipation."" Among its opposites are , hopelessness, and despair. Professor of Psychology Barbara Fredrickson argues that hope comes into its own when crisis looms, opening us to new creative possibilities. Frederickson argues that with great need comes an unusually wide range of ideas, as well as such positive emotions as happiness and joy, courage,"
"inequalities. Hope is a powerful positive feeling, linked to a learned style of goal-directed thinking. Hope is fostered when a person utilizes both ""pathways thinking"" (the perceived capacity to find routes to desired goals) and ""agency thinking"" (the requisite motivations to use those routes). Author and journalist J.B. MacKinnon suggested the cognitive tool of ""Vertical Agitation"" can assist in avoiding helplessness (e.g., paralysis in the face of Earth's many problems). The concept stemmed from research on denial by sociologist Stanley Cohen. Cohen explained: in the face of massive problems people tend towards learned helplessness rather than confronting the dissonant facts"
"experience turns to arbitrary, other people for insight about their related experience. In 2007, the book was awarded the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books general prize for the best science writing for a non-specialist audience. Stumbling on Happiness Stumbling on Happiness is a non-fiction book by Daniel Gilbert. It was published in the United States and Canada in 2006 by Knopf, and has been translated into more than 30 languages. It is a ""New York Times"" bestseller. Gilbert's central thesis is that, through perception and cognitive biases, people imagine the future poorly, in particular what will make them happy."
"preaching the coming Kingdom of God, his death, and his followers' belief in Jesus's resurrection, Marty writes ""along comes Paul... the fanatic fool for Christ,"" and, for Johnson, ""the greatest Christian,"" who ""rescued Jesusism from its place among the more crabby Jewish sects of the day, picked up its hints of universal intent and then wrenched the faith and himself into a context where the 'salvation mechanism' is available for all people."" Near the end, the review describes the book as ""a reliable if hard-edged story of the public church."" Donald Cantuar in ""Churchman"" (1977) expresses deep appreciation to Johnson’s"
"movement that is focused on pursuing the Holy Spirit gifts and manifestations in everyday life, based on the simple premise that God is good. His father, M. Earl Johnson, previously held the Senior Pastor position from 1968 to 1982, when Bethel Church was part of the Assemblies of God. Prior to this position, Johnson, along with his wife, served as the Senior Pastors of Mountain Chapel in Weaverville, California from 1978 to 1996. Johnson attended a John Wimber signs and wonders conference in 1987 with the specific goal of seeking a revival of healing. He left discouraged because he had"
"argues that the entire ""Regeneration Trilogy"" breaks the boundaries created by modern society's abstraction of war and its casualties because ""mutilation and death are re-presented in a ways that escape warfare's typical conceptual categories, thus ...""realising"" modern warfare by reconnecting language and material substance."" In discussing the first novel specifically, Johnson highlights how the book ""repeatedly employs synecdoche"" to emphasise the visceral experiences, by describing eviscerated human flesh and how the characters respond to those experiences. She describes experiences like Burns's horrifying head first disembowelment of a corpse as allowing the readers to understand two things: first, that memories of"
"though not exclusively, Besser reports on developments in nutrition and pediatrics, while Johnson focuses on health issues for senior adults. Johnson retired from WCVB at the end of 2012. Johnson continues as a Pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church. Johnson was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State’s highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2013 in the area of Communications. Johnson published a book ""Finding God in the Questions: A Personal Journey"" (2004) (InterVarsity Press, ) describing his journey of how he became a Christian, and answering"
"history of the contemplative life and meditations from Johnson's experience of the virtue we call faith. It received the 2004 Kentucky Literary Award for Nonfiction and the 2004 Lambda Literary Award for best GLBT creative nonfiction. Johnson is also the author of ""Geography of the Heart: A Memoir""(1996) which received a Lambda Literary Award and the American Library Association Award for best gay/lesbian nonfiction. ""Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays"", a compilation of Johnson's new and selected essays, will be published in 2017. He is currently at work on ""At the Center of All Beauty: The Dignity and Challenge of"
"number of national and international speaking events and has appeared on TV in ITV this morning as well as a BBC 2 Horizons series ‘How do we really make decisions?’ On 28 August 2014 Dolan published his book ""Happiness by Design"", with foreword by Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman. Most of us would like to be happier in his book Dolan defines this as experiencing more pleasure and/or purpose for longer. He describes how being happier means allocating attention more efficiently; towards those things that bring us pleasure and purpose and away from those that generate pain and pointlessness. Easier"
"by Jesus to teach the apostles that when encountering obstacles, they need to rely on their faith in Christ, first and foremost. Authors Donahue and Harrington argue that the Daughter of Jairus miracle teaches that faith as embodied in the bleeding woman can exist in seemingly hopeless situations, and that through belief, healing can be achieved, in that when the woman is healed, Jesus tells her ""Your faith has healed you"". Liberal Christians place less emphasis on miraculous events associated with the life of Jesus than on his teachings. The effort to remove superstitious elements from Christian faith dates to"
"standards of Christian living. Among other things Johnson said: ""We have been controlled by this religious beast all of our lives. At the end of the day, there are real people out here with real issues, living in a real world and serving a real God. I am not hiding anything from y’all because I am not scared of y’all. I am not scared of anybody and I am who I am. God forgives me and allows me to be forgiven 70 times 7. His grace is sufficient and is enough for me… Which means, ‘Let the party begin!’"" Johnson's"
"the Eugene Jarecki-directed film ""Why We Fight"", which won the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Johnson has written for the ""Los Angeles Times"", the ""London Review of Books"", ""Harper's"", and ""The Nation"". Johnson believed that the enforcement of American hegemony over the world constitutes a new form of global empire. Whereas traditional empires maintained control over subject peoples via colonies, since World War II the US has developed a vast system of hundreds of military bases around the world. A long-time Cold Warrior, he applauded the dissolution of the Soviet Union: ""I was a cold warrior."
"John Navone, an Italian American author, with the striking title, ""The Theology of Failure"", in which he explains how Jesus lived patiently. In the experience of limits, he (Pope Francis) adds, patience is forged in dialogue with human limits/limitations. There are times when our lives do not call so much for our ""doing"" as for our ""enduring,"" for bearing up (from the Greek ""hypomone"") with our own limitations and those of others. Being patient – he explains – means accepting the fact that it takes time to mature and develop. Living with patience allows for time to integrate and shape"
"success is only obtained by hard, patient and continuous labour."" He concluded, ""There is a tendency on the part of some to regard the problem of the future of these people as insolvable. Knowing their many sterling qualities I cannot despair, but believe their descendants will be prosperous and desirable citizens of our North-West Territory."" As Superintendent, in command of the Prince Albert district in 1888, he praised the work of the missionaries amongst the Indians, ""The hope of improvement in the Indian lies in the training of the rising generation, and it is to be hoped that before long"
"idea that there should never be a “lost cause” when dealing with youth. In the worst possible circumstances, it is certainly possible to succeed. The book heads each chapter with a photograph and contains several poems that Johnson wrote as a child while enduring his captivity. At several metaphorical intervals, Johnson writes prose that reads like poetry. Dr. Mary Clisbee, established educator of special needs children, writes the foreword and Rev. F. Robert Brown, Johnson’s chaplain while at the Lyman School, writes the afterword. Rev. ""Bob"" Brown later worked for the newly formed DYS helping correct its horrific past. Abominable"
"by God, in spite of our sin. In this reception, we are forgiven through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross. The justifying grace cancels our guilt and empowers us to resist the power of sin and to fully love God and neighbor. Today, justifying grace is also known as conversion, ""accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior,"" or being ""born again"". John Wesley originally called this experience the New Birth. This experience can occur in different ways; it can be one transforming moment, such as an altar call experience, or it may involve a series of"
"silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica for distinguished eminence in the field of poetry. In 2012, he was awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN for ""a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature"". He is a Trustee of the George Padmore Institute. In August 2014 it was announced that he would receive the Order of Distinction in October that year. On 20 April 2017 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature (D.Litt) by Rhodes University in South Africa. Most of Johnson's poetry is political, dealing mainly with the experiences of being an African-Caribbean in Britain: ""Writing was"
"the belief that they can control how they respond to adversity. A shift toward optimism is a shift away from depression. Learned optimism Learned optimism is the idea in positive psychology that a talent for joy, like any other, can be cultivated. It is contrasted with learned helplessness. Learning optimism is done by consciously challenging any negative self talk. Learned optimism was defined by Martin Seligman and published in his 1990 book, ""Learned Optimism"". The benefits of an optimistic outlook are many: Optimists are higher achievers and have better overall health. Pessimism, on the other hand, is much more common;"